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| Garry J. Shaw. Photo: Julie Patenaude |
As a science journalist, I write for a variety of magazines and newspapers, with my work regularly appearing in The Art Newspaper, Apollo Magazine, and Science Magazine's online news. My articles have also been published in the history and travel magazine Timeless Travels, The Independent, Current World Archaeology, Rawi: Egypt's Heritage Review (for which I was also editor), Showbiz Culture (the magazine of SC Exhibitions), and B.Inspired Magazine.
For my work as a journalist, see: https://muckrack.com/garry-shaw-1
My newest book is The Story of Tutankhamun: An Intimate Life of the Boy Who Became King. I am also the author of The Pharaoh, Life at Court and on Campaign, The Egyptian Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends, War and Trade with the Pharaohs: An Archaeological Study of Ancient Egypt's Foreign Relations and Egyptian Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria.
I am a member of the Society of Authors.
Regarding my teaching and academic work: I hold a BA in archaeology, and an MA and PhD in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool, where I taught Egyptian history. I have taught at the American University in Cairo, the Bloomsbury Summer School, the Egypt Exploration Society in London, and as a part-time tutor for Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education. I have given lectures for Egyptology societies and museums, both in the UK and around the world, and have published scholarly articles on Egyptian history in peer-reviewed journals. I have also written academic books, including my 2008 doctoral thesis, Royal Authority in Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty.
I have appeared in documentaries shown on BBC 2 (showing Dr. Jo Fletcher around the tomb of Ankhtifi in "Immortal Egypt"), the Discovery Channel (discussing human sacrifice in ancient Egypt), History Channel, and Yesterday (explaining my theory on the death of King Seqenenre Tao and leading the recreation of different scenarios), and have acted as Egyptology consultant for television production companies. I've also appeared on BBC Radio Oxford. I have led tours of archaeological sites in Egypt, as well as at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, and the British Museum, London, and have worked for archaeological projects in Egypt (at Qantir-Pi-Ramesses in particular), Turkey, and the UK.
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I can be reached at garryshawegypt@gmail.com
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